Real Life Applications of Cognitive Linguistics
I have said it before and I will say it again: ANYTHING that requires thought benefits from a cognitive linguistic perspective. We use language to help in making sense of the world, this… Read More
Category Archive: Attention
Earth, Wind, Fire, Water…Fire wins for attention.
Last weekend when I was camping with some friends I was noticing how the layout of the campsite directed people’s attention. It seemed as if no one paid attention to the surrounding scenery… Read More
Making eye contact as one form of coordination between store clerks and shoppers
Yesterday (a busy Saturday at 4pm) I went to a clothing store with my wife. While I was shopping I was almost run into by 4 employees who I felt were not looking… Read More
Protected: Haiman’s view of Iconic and Economic Motivation
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How Inception Helps Me Edit Papers
When I am writing a paper that has a page limit I use the first draft to make sure that I have a complete thought, I do not worry about exceeding the page… Read More
How Children’s Overgeneralizations in Construction Use Informs Second Language Acquisition and the Negotiation of Meaning
The acquisition of abstract grammatical constructions represents the maturation of a child’s linguistic productivity. This productivity means that a child can take constructions that have already been learned and extend the application of… Read More
Intention Directing, Self-Reporting, and the Transitive Constructions in Early Childhood Grammar (preschool, 2-5 years old)
Since constructions are learned through usage, constructions are accumulated as individual entities that begin to form collections and these collections of constructions begin to exhibit type frequency. I think that this type frequency… Read More
Foundational Cognitive Skills that Babies Need in Language Development
As mentioned (yesterday’s post) three skills emerge from this acceptance of the triadic perspective: 1) Joint Attention Frame; 2)Intention Reading; and 3) Cultural Learning (Pattern Finding). Joint Attention is the ability to coordinate… Read More
Slips of the Tongue…
So I am not sure why this happened, but it did: Last week I was introducing myself to the class I am TA-ing this semester and after I listed my academic qualifications I… Read More
Why I Believe in Cut & Paste as a Design Strategy
Cut & Paste is not just a keyboard function. In fact, R.G. Collingwood coined the term in the mid 1940′s in his book The Idea of History, but being a more formal speaker… Read More
Your Language Constrains How You Can Think & Speak
When a specialist tries to talk about their specialist view of the world with a non-specialist it rarely ever goes smoothly. In fact, usually, the specialist either talks at too specific a level… Read More
Overcoming Self-Consciousness Around Linguists
[NB: I have told this story before, but this time I have a better understanding that I think is worth sharing.] I had an experience a few years ago, a woman stood in… Read More
beware of the neuromarketers…?
While many of us like neuroscience as a discipline, many other people do not. Accordingly, I try to give session to both sides of the neuroscience fan club. Here is a link that… Read More
Preludes for Memnon – Aiken, Consciousness, and Ontology
I have a new link in my sidebar and I wanted to tell you a little about it. One of my three favorite poets is Conrad Aiken, a sincere and highly lucid poet… Read More
Infants Prefer Animacy that Exhibits Intentionality
My wife and I were at an extended family party last night and as the night wore on we found ourselves sitting at a table and she was holding my cousin’s newborn girl.… Read More
SWEET! My paper made a Top Ten Download List!
I checked my email this morning and received a message telling me that my recently distributed paper “Figure-Ground Organization in Attention and Construal” made it on a top ten list for downloads yesterday… Read More
How I know it is finals week around the world
I have been laughing to myself each time that I go into the dashboard for this blog because I am noticing some fantastic trends. Over this past week the viewing patterns for particular… Read More
Tome vs. Tablet: How the iPad Facilitated My Move From Digital Immigrant to Digital Native
So there was a time, not too long ago, that I couldn’t stand reading .pdfs on a monitor. It didn’t matter if it was on a desktop or a laptop; I hated reading… Read More
Ground-before-Figure in Dramatic Dialogue: Tom Stoppard’s Arcadia
As a feature of figure-ground organization, there is inherent flexibility in how the figure is aligned with the ground. In light of evidence that permits a ground to precede a figure in the… Read More
